When corruption is high, no one is interested in preventing crime.
The Police gets no bribe if it stops the crime. But if it allows the crime to be committed, it can get huge bribes from those who have committed crime.
In a Corrupt State, crime investigation is often a tool for blackmailing people who have committed crime and to extort bribes from them- sometimes to destroy evidences against them also.
Yes. So far as the poor criminals are concerned, they cannot afford to pay bribes.
So their crimes get investigated, cases are filed. And these cases keep lawyers and judges busy.
I repeat the underlying thought in this post:-
In a Corrupt State, no one is motivated for stopping a crime. The rewards in form of bribes come only after a crime takes place
Haresh Raichura
20/5/13 19:31